China Books

By Karen Ma

Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. EXCESS BAGGAGE chronicles two Chinese sisters, one raised in China during the tumultuous years of the Cultural Revolution; the other in Japan during the freewheeling years of bubble capitalism. They reunite a...

China Books

By Lao She

Drama. Asian & Asian American Studies. Translated from the Chinese by John Howard-Gibbon. Written in 1957, TEAHOUSE is Lao She's tour de force masterwork of Chinese drama: a play in three acts spanning fifty years with a cast of over sixty character...

China Books

By Ba Jin

Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Translated from the Chinese by Haili Kong and Howard Goldblatt. A major work by a towering figure in twentieth century Chinese literature, WARD FOUR intimately reveals the frailties and strengths of the human...